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have a happy new year

December 31st, 2009

It’s really hard to believe we’re about to enter the second decade of the new millenium. Where did the time go? I’ll be forty in a few days. My oldest will be sixteen this month. Time just keeps marching forward. Amazing how that happens, huh?

I’m spending this New Year’s Eve alone after a really fun day of making eclairs with some girlfriends. I’ll spare you the complicated recipes needed for making those delicious little treats. While they actually come together …

big city bagels

December 19th, 2009

Most Saturdays when I lived in Boston the first roomie up in the morning would go out and get bagels for everyone in the house. These weren’t your everyday, gummy, grocery-store-variety bagels, polka-dotted with weird blueberry-flavored chips. These bagels were warm and fresh, with an incredibly chewy crust. They came fresh from the bagel shop in a big box, like donuts, filled with yummy things …

counting sheep

December 15th, 2009

Today, our herd of dairy goats headed off to their new home at Alba Ranch. We were all a little teary-eyed to see them go. We’ve had them for a year and a half, and had fallen in love with their babies Dennis, Tilly and Tallulah. We had not, however, fallen in love with goat …